Why the study?
Does acute ethanol administration affect blood pressure, heart rate, and baroreceptor reflex control in normotensive human volunteers?
Population
Normotensive human volunteers
Comparison
Acute ethanol administration (multiple doses) vs Subjects served as their own control
Design
Other
Follow-up
Acute observation period
Authors
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May impair acute BP regulation in normotensives; leaves open contribution to hypertension risk and needs prospective confirmation.
Does acute ethanol administration affect blood pressure, heart rate, and baroreceptor reflex control in normotensive human volunteers?
Acute ethanol administration attenuates baroreceptor-mediated bradycardia and resets baroreflex curves to higher blood pressures, which may favor the development of hypertension.
Abdel‐Rahman et al. (1987) studied this question.